Lethal Weapon (1987)

Summary: Movie Stats Directed By: Richard Donner Produced By: Richard Donner and Joel Silver Written By: Shane Black Starring: Mel Gibson and Danny Glover Studio: Silver Pictures Rating: R Release Date: March 6, 1987 Run Time: 110 Minutes Budget: $15 Million Box Office: $120,207,127 Plot: Martin Riggs is an L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies and Roger Murtaugh is the unlucky police officer with whom Riggs is assigned. Together they uncover a huge drug-smuggling operation, and as their success rate grows so does their friendship. The description and information in this episode is taken from IMDB.com and Wikipedia.org. What’s in the Episode? Episode Summary: Eye Open Podcast reviews Richard Donner's “Lethal Weapon” (1987) starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. What happens when the show reviews it's first comedy-action-cop series? Can this film stand alone as a great movie of this nature? How is the chemistry between Gibson and Glover? Does this film bring a new template of cop movies to cinema? Or is the dark aspects of this film really unnerving? Tune in to find out. Popcorn Rating The Sock: Medium / Husky: Medium / Farm: Medium / Tugboat: Medium Episode: S2E19 Episode Run Time: 67 Minutes DISCUSS THIS EPISODE IN THE FORUM HERE